original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

original description(ofIphiteon subglobosa Bowerbank, 1869) Bowerbank, J.S. 1869c. A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869(2): 323-351, pls XXI-XXV. [details]